Video Description
This remarkable presentation weaves together dramatized sequences from Borges' stories with a rare interview of the author at his home--an unpretentious apartment overlooking the noisy streets of Buenos Aires. Borges, who died in June 1986, was totally blind for the last 30 years of his life. His writing, as illustrated here, reveals a mind which has an extra measure of clarity and understanding. The program relates Borges' profoundly original stories to his personal experience, and attempts to reconcile the public and private images of this major 20th century writer.
